Wingcopter

Market context

Wingcopter is one of Europe's more established drone-delivery builders, with a product line built around medical supply chains, humanitarian logistics, and remote-area access.

• Spright - comparable profile - peer: Drone Delivery Ground Infrastructure
• Dufour Aerospace - comparable profile - peer: Fixed Wing Vtol Delivery Drone Builder
• A2Z Drone Delivery - comparable profile - peer: Drone Delivery Ground Infrastructure

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Products

• Wingcopter 198

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Funding

• 2025-06-27 - Funding round - Wingcopter secures fresh funding from Nordic Secondary Fund, existing shareholders, and EIB - source: wingcopter.com
• 2023-05-12 - EIB quasi-equity financing - $46.6M - European Investment Bank provides €40M financing to Wingcopter - source: eib.org
• 2022-06-21 - Series A extension - $42M - Wingcopter raises USD 42M Series A extension - Wingcopter raised USD 42 million in a Series A extension round for electric delivery drones and logistics services. - source: evtolinsights.com

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Investors

• European Investment Bank - Lead - Government / Public - 2 funding events - repeat backer - first seen 2023-05-12 - latest 2025-06-27
• Existing shareholders - Participant - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-06-27
• Nordic Secondary Fund - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2025-06-27

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1 commercial event; 1 commercial order; latest event 2022-05-18

• 2022-05-18 - Commercial order - Wingcopter and Continental Drones agree plan for 12,000 Wingcopter drones across Sub-Saharan Africa - source: wingcopter.com

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Supply

• ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research - Inbound - Power Systems - ZAL and Wingcopter announced a development partnership to explore and develop a green hydrogen propulsion system for Wingcopter delivery drones - source: wingcopter.com
• ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research - Inbound - Power Systems - ZAL Center of Applied Aeronautical Research supplies power system to Wingcopter for ZAL hydrogen R&D - source: wingcopter.com
• Spright - Outbound - robotic motion components - Spright acquired a large fleet of Wingcopter 198 delivery drones for medical drone delivery operations in the United States - source: verticalmag.com

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Timeline

• 2026-04-21 - Partnership - Wingcopter and Emqopter unveil autonomous drone port for delivery operations - Wingcopter and Emqopter unveiled EMQport after testing at Emqopter's headquarters in Wurzburg. The companies describe EMQport as a fully autonomous drone port for flexible drone delivery operations. The event adds an infrastructure integration milestone for… - source: wingcopter.com
• 2022-05-18 - Commercial Order - Wingcopter and Continental Drones agree plan for 12,000 Wingcopter drones across Sub-Saharan Africa - Wingcopter and Continental Drones signed an agreement to establish large-scale drone delivery networks across 49 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The plan targeted deployment of 12,000 Wingcopter 198 systems over five years. - source: wingcopter.com
• 2021-04-27 - Product Launch - Wingcopter launches Wingcopter 198 triple-drop delivery drone - Wingcopter launched Wingcopter 198 as a fixed-wing VTOL delivery drone with a triple-drop mechanism for up to three separate packages per flight. The company said the aircraft can reach 150 km/h and is designed for middle-mile and last-mile delivery in… - source: wingcopter.com

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Team

• Tom Plümmer - Co-Founder and Co-CEO - Plummer leads Wingcopter commercial strategy for unmanned delivery aircraft and services.
• Jonathan Hesselbarth - Co-Founder and CTO - Hesselbarth leads Wingcopter aircraft technology and engineering for fixed-wing eVTOL delivery drones.

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Relations

• Emqopter - Technology Partner - Wingcopter and Emqopter unveiled EMQport autonomous drone port.
• Air Methods - Deployment Partner - Air Methods launched Spright in collaboration with Wingcopter to build a healthcare-specific drone delivery network.
• Continental Drones - Distribution Partner - Wingcopter and Continental Drones agreed plan for 12,000 drones in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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